News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

lecture t lure And may its truths quicken orr snirts
70 70 greater earnestness, and Helm ns 70 depnIoT
the character of Christ within us "' ~ wv 0''f
i nGTi0e'9a, mat we express our thanks for the
part Of the pPn6Gy and entertainment on the
P rdI VI Ie people in MOrrisvlle and their gen
md provision for the returning wants of life
regard. - ii"liooS nave our HlSheS
,ReSOlced, That we exnress onr tbor1,s 70 +be
GioI i ana those who have taken charHe of The
-nu'i' anu me singing for the services
citation of tb hidt we express our grateful appre
Railroad in 'fT kiLhdnesS of the Boston & Lowell
dationS by trains -'''ih la'oS an" accoiiiiiio
od nteSg resolutions being unanimously
auoPIed3 the convention adjourned til
hdil-paSG one In the afternoon.
~ IlldC hour the session was opened
Dy d prayer and praise service led by
Rev. j. G. Hall.
Next discussion: How far shall the
6EedcIleI insist upon order in the classf
ES ~ t, ny LEY, Mi. BeckWith, who gave
ltto ln9Unou OF Keeping order in a mission
cldSs ne once had in charge. Interest
the children and they will keep them.
sew 1olYe =, III order Show them that you
love them and have an interest i'm them
{, 6oIloWed by Mrs. A. Y. Wiswell
:. Qrder Is heavens first law Without
luis impossible to gain attention and the
DeSC teacher i'll the world cannot be sue
ceSsIul without it. Insist upon order ill
you gam the desired end, and use tact
Judgment, and all your best efforts to
Next question: Ought temperance
anu purify OF life to be made more prom
menu opened by Prof. A. H. Camp
pies of temperance in the mind Of the
little child, keep on Installing them as
the cnlld grows up. Warn him contin-
ually against going into places of temp
| tatlon and keep this constant watch and
warning till he grows into manhood. and
leaves. you. Then you NAV safely en-.
trust him to a higher care. Habit is
powerful, and good habits should be
formed IN early years. The wise Solo
mon sald, Train up child in the way
he should go, and when he is old he will
not depart from it." Warn the child
against tobacco as much as alcohol, fol
the use OF one often<@eadS to the use OF
the other. In the Sunday school put in
words in favor of temperance whenever
you nave opportunity. Occasionally
nave temperance lesson in your class
occasionally a temperance exercise fol
the school.
Followed by Rev. E. J. Ward on
purity of life. A difficult subject tc
handle IN public manner, because the
pure hearted do not want to hear it.
ana ana Cne impure OF course do not. Yet
from the earliest recorded times. i'm
| purify mas been considered by both God
anu man, a Tar greater evil than intern
perance. 1t has more deadly effect on
It's deVotee. The Incorporate man may
perhaps drink and drink, and live to old
age; the habitually impure man OF
woman goes down to death early and
surely. 1t is ruinOus to every finer SEN
tlment. AS Burns says,
| :" 1t hardens all Within
| And petrifieS the feeling
The Committee on nominations here
reported delegates to the State conven-
tlon empowered to choose their own
| substitutes.
Rev. l.. Z. Tucker and F. A. Leland
OF johnson, Mrs. Prof. Redmond OF
Hyde Park, and I'll. A. Slayton of Nor
rlSyllle. Iheywere unanimously elected
Next topic: The individual benefits
resulting to the teacher from his work
by Z. *. Gleed. If the Bible is Gods
word, it cannot fail to have in it things
OF the greatest Importance to YOU and
me. 10 teach such book cannot fail
TO return to the teacher some great ben
etits: The Bible teacher is always in
good company; he is quite likely to be a
man OF good behavior. 1t puts him into
good social standing. We expect such
TO be people of pure habits and correct
life. The intellectual gain is large. One
| who must teach others must prepare
hlmSelf. No study can ever exhaust
THIS meXhaustible subject, so the Bible
Ceacnef mas always an opportunity to
| study more and deeper and further.
He must be a thinker. A machine might
| be invented to reel off the questions on
the lesson, but it would not be the con-
| tact OF mind with mind and heart with
heart.
The closing topic of the convention
The object and end of training the child
life, was treated by Rev. Edwin
Wheelock. The cradle is an institution
found everywhere, and all true great
ness comes from it. For the little child
rem all the business of this world is car
ried on: There are a few institutions
that train the child righteously. One is
the Christian home, another is the
sunday school. a very small percent
age OF saAsda5- scholars are ever
found in later years ID penal Institutions.
Train the child to get the best possible
ageouS, thoughtful, energetic; in short,
TO be the nearest possible like Christ
The exercises of the convention closed
by singing the appropriate hymn, Shall
we Meet Beyond the River ?"
Throughout the whole exercises, sing
ing was frequent and pleasant feature,
and with Miss Slayton at the organ and
Rev. E. j. Ward as leader, the musical
part of the convention was a decided
success.
The genial fashion in which the good
people of Morrisville welcomed us to
dinners and teas in the pleasant church
basement, and also the kind and bound
less hospitality with which they opened
their homes to those of us who tarried
for the night, might well lead us to ex-
claim with the impulsive feter on the
moEtAt of TRANSPORTATION, 9 1t is good
for us to be here.
And if in our dreams we saw, like the
patriarch of old, a ladder reaching to
heaven, we are sure the faces of those
ascending and descending would have
looked marvelously like those who, by
earnest preparatory work, of various
kinds, as well as by speech and song and
prayer in those two days, had contrib
uted, each in his and her way, to help
make the convention of 'S7 what it was
pronounced to be, The best one yet
God bless them, every one! B.